Malay edit

Noun edit

ابجد (plural ابجد-ابجد or ابجد۲, informal 1st possessive ابجدکو, 2nd possessive ابجدمو, 3rd possessive ابجدڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of abjad

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), equivalent to the first four letters of the Perso-Arabic script in the traditional order: ا (vowel placeholder), ب (b), ج (j), د (d).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? aḇjaḏ
Dari reading? abjad
Iranian reading? abjad
Tajik reading? abjad

Noun edit

Dari ابجد
Iranian Persian
Tajik абҷад

ابجد (abjad)

  1. abjad
  2. (figurative) ABC, nuts and bolts (elementary facts, simple truths)
    • c. 1620, Mīr Dāmād Astarābādī, “Rubā’i 167”, in دیوانِ اشراق [Dēwān-i išrāq]‎[1]:
      از لطف تو مشکل اشارات و شفا
      در مکتب علم ما یکی ابجد بود
      az lutf-i tū muškil-i išārāt u šifā
      dar maktab-i ilm-i mā yakē abjad buwad
      By Your grace, the puzzle of the Directives and the Healing
      Has become an ABC in the school of our learning.
      (Classical Persian romanization)